Rule evolution

Rule 118.3a

Previously numbered 116.3a, 117.3a.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 0 wording revisions · 2 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release116.3aDetails
    Paying mana is done by removing the indicated mana from a player's mana pool. (Players can always pay 0 mana.) If excess mana remains in that player's mana pool after making that payment, the player announces what mana is still there.
  2. Renumbered116.3a → 117.3aDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    116. Costs

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    117. Costs

    Paying mana is done by removing the indicated mana from a player's mana pool. (Players can always pay 0 mana.) If excess mana remains in that player's mana pool after making that payment, the player announces what mana is still there.
  3. Renumbered117.3a → 118.3aDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    117. Costs

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    118. Costs

    Paying mana is done by removing the indicated mana from a player’s mana pool. (Players can always pay 0 mana.) If excess mana remains in that player’s mana pool after making that payment, the player announces what mana is still there.

Current in the latest available Rules
Unchanged since 2026-08-07.